Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing
Earlier this week a mom 'intentionally' jumped to her death alongside her two children after climbing over a barricade at Niagara Falls.
Chianti Means lead her nine-year-old son Roman Rossman and her five-month-old daughter Mecca Means to Luna Island, at the falls, at around 9pm on Monday (October 28).
Having made it over the barrier on the US side of the Niagara Falls, the seemingly troubled 33-year-old - who created a barrage of posts aimed at her ex on her Facebook profile in the weeks prior to the incident - proceeded to walk over to the edge of the world's most famed waterfall.
The official report stated that Means had 'crossed over' the 'safety guild rail' before going 'over' the falls, with the incident being 'intentional in nature'.
A spokesperson from the New York State Police provided a statement about the matter, revealing details about the incident to WKBW TV.
He said: "We do believe it was intentional but the circumstances of that investigation and the circumstances of what actually happened are still under investigation.
Means was 33 when she leapt over the edge of Niagara Falls to her death with her children (Facebook/Diamond Scott)
"But we know that they went over due to the information from park police and some of the information we were able to obtain through multiple different sources in and around Niagara Falls and pieces of evidence we were able to come across in search warrants."
Now, cops have shared a heartbreaking update on the whereabouts of the young family, as reporters at a press conference asked 'were any bodies recovered?'.
Its spokesperson confirmed: "No, not at this time."
The force's spokesperson also explained a little more about the terrain they jumped into on Luna Island in the New York side of the Niagara Falls.
Luna Island is pictured at the right of falls on the left hand side, and has a rocky terrain at the bottom (Getty stock)
He continued: "This location to put it into perspective is right on the edge of Niagara Falls so you can see the falls crest right over, it's a vantage point where people would go not to view the falls but to be right next to the falls.
There is quite a bit of height difference but it's not as much the height, it's the rocks and terrain that's at the bottom - it's not like you're jumping, you know, into a pond or some fresh body of water; it's very rocky, the terrain is obviously very deadly."
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